Table-mat.



S. B. DOBRNBAUH & J. H. TAYLOR. TABLE MAT. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, 1913.

Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

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To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that we, STANLEY B. Doorm- RACE and JAMns HOWARD TAYLOR, both citizens of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Table-Mat, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention consists of a protective pad, mat or blanket adapted to be placed upon the top of a table and beneath the tablecloth, linen mat, or other table napery to protect the polished surface of such table top against the heat from dishes and the cfiect of liquids which may accidentally be spilled upon the same.

This invention relates to a novel construction of a soft, pliable and noiseless mat or pad which can be made insect-ions, if desired, and which is employed as a protection of the table top from injury by hot dishes or liquids spilled on the table spread; out novel pad or mat preventing transmission.- of heat from hot dishes or other heated articles to the surface of the table, which latter is prevented from becoming scratched; our device also preventing moistu-re from reaching the surface of the table.

It hasheretof'ore been proposed to employ mats composed of interior layers of asbestos covered with flannel or similar material, but when these mats are of a suflicient size to cover the table they become inconvenient by reason of the fact that the asbestos cannot be folded over without breaking it and ultimately destroying the mat, and mats of this character'are there fore unhandy and unwieldy if made of the size above suggested. It has also been proposed to make sectional pads and provide the same with hinged devices but mats of this character take up considerable space when not in use, as contradistinguished to our construction, which can be readily rolled up when not in use and placed in a convenient box or drawer occupying but little space out of sight and having no liability of becoming soiled.

lBy our novelconstruction wherein we Specification of Letters lla'tent.

employ as the bottom member a layer of felt; next a layer of coated fabric with the fabric surface next to the felt and next to which is a thick ventilated flexible woolen pad or the like, against which is a coated fabric with the coated side next to thepad superimposed upon which latter is. a washable rubberized top which can be readily cleansed, we have produced av novel device which will efi'ectively protect the surface of the table on which it is placed from beingmarred, scratched, blistered orotherwise. injured by heat or liquids, the pad or I l ratented Feb. 2, 19135. Application filed November 6-, 1913. Serial No. 799,589. I

mat when not in use being capable of being rolled and placed in a box? or drawer out of sight.

lit further consists of such a protective I pad which may be conveniently rolled up when not in use. I t

It further consists of such a pad .which'is made in sections to adapt the same to be employed upon extension tables. I Y It further consists of other novel features of construction, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth. I For the purpose of illustratingour invention, we have shown in the accompanying drawing one form-thereof which is'at present preferred by us,,since the same has been found-inpractice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentali ties of which our invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that our invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of these 1nstrumentalities as herein shown and do scribed. I

Figure'l represents a top plan view of our improved pad as adapted to a round represents a transverse section of such leaf. Flg. 6-represents a plan view of a slightly different form of pad.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, reference numerals and 2 respectively indicatetwo main sections of our'improved protective pad, and said sections are in the present instance illustrated as semi circular in outline and placed with their juxtaposed or abutting edges against one another to fit the circular top of a table, but it is evident that.

g the outlines of the pads can be varied to fit table-tops of different shapes and according to the purpose of the pad. The pad is composed of a bottom ply or layer 3 of cloth which may be green billiard-cloth or similar cloth of soft and close texture and having a soft and close nap, so that the cloth can rest softly against a, highly finished table-top without danger of scratching or marring it, and has ajtendency to be a non-conductor of heat. 'A plyor layer 4 of waterproof coated textile material is placed with its uncoated side against the bottom cloth ply 3.

A cushion ply or layer of woolen ventilated felt, 5, preferably loosely felted, is

placed upon the coated side of the waterproof material 4 and another ply or layer,

6, of waterproof material is placed upon the felt-ply 5 with its coated side downward or against the pad 5. A ply or layer, 7, of

rubber-coated or impregnated textile tissue,

such as the. so called gossamer from which light waterproof garments are made" or its equivalent is placed upon the upper or uncoated side of the waterproofply 6 and forms a washable surface. The several superposed plies or layers are cut into the desired shape, and are united at their edges by stitches 8 or a suitable binding may be employed, if desired. or tufts may be employed to keep the plies uniform.

When the pad is composed of more than one section, the upper rubber-cloth ply is extended beyond the meeting edge of one section to form a flap, 9, as will be understood from Figs'l and 3,which will overlap the meeting edge portion .of the other section to protect the joint between the meeting edges of the sections, and the edges of being-apparent from Fig, 2. Said leaves 11 are formed from plies or. layers like the other sections. y

In the drawings, the pad is illustrated as adapted for a round extension-table, but the pad may be square, oblong, or of any I desired 'formand. shaped to fit any form of table and in as many'or few sections as required. The pad may also be cut to fit under mats or other table napery.

In Fig. 6 a layer, 14, of fiber-board or similar stiffening material is indicated by dotted lines, which layer will serve to reinforce the outer edges of the pad and render it stiif. 'The pad will rest with its soft bottom-ply upon the table-top, and will not scratch nor mar the most highly finished surface. The rubber-cloth ply and the waterproof plies will render the pad im-' permeable to liquid from below and above, and, the felt-ply being protected from above and below by the waterproof plies cannot become wet and be injured by retaining its dampness and forms a pliable ventilated cushion absorbing any moisture created from the hot dishes. The water-proof plies are poor heat-conductors and the inclosed felt-ply and the bottom cloth-ply are like-' wise poor-heat-conductors, so that no appreciable heat can penetrate the pad from hot articles placed upon the table-cloth to injure the finish of the table-top.

By reason of the overlapping protective flaps, as 9, which we employ, it will be seen that no liquids canfiow through the joints of the several parts upon the table, such joints will be durable, and the heated article, as hot plates, .soup-tureens or like plates on the table-cloth will not injure the surface of the table or produce white blemishes which will show when the pad -or mat, is removed, it being evident that when the table is dressed with silk-or lace scarfs or covers, such blemishes show through and mar the artistic effect intended by the deli cate covering. It will further be apparent that when we employ for the lower pad green baize orsimilar cloth, as the bottom covering 3, that upon reversing the pad and having the surface 3 uppermost, an efficient and attractive covering for a card table is readily provided. I 1

It will now be apparent that we have devised a novel and useful construction of a table mat which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description, and while we have, in the present instance, shown and described a preferred or scope of the invention or sacrificing any ed side against the felt-ply, a rubber-coated of its advantages. top-ply having its upper surface washable,

Having thus described our invention, and stitches through said plies securingporwhat we claim as new and desire to secure tions of the same together.

5 by Letters Patent STANLEY B; DOERNBAGH.

A table pad composed of a soft and closely woven cloth ply, a waterproof ply having JAMES HOWARD TAYLUR' its uncoated side against said ply, a felt-ply Witnesses: 1 a%ainst the coated side of the waterproof E. HAYWARD FAmBANKs, 10 p y, another waterproof ply having its coat- C. D. MOV'AY. 

